The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-15
A DRUGGISTS MISTAKE.
A Sick Mans Wife Disregards the Drug gist's Advice and So Saves the
 Life of Her Husband.


 my line to write letters; but my wife thought it was no more than right that I should let you know what your remedy has done for me, and think so too.
 live in East l57th street, west of Third avenue, and have lived there for about twenty three years. where I own real estate. Up to the time I am about to mention I hs1 been a strong, we'll man. There was always more or less malaria in the neighborhood, but I had not personally suffered from it. It was in 1880 had my first attack. It came on as such attacks commonly do. with headaches, loss of appetite and ambition, chilly sensa- tions with slight fever afterwards, 6 disposi- tion to yawn and stretch, and SO forth. was employ ed at that time at Killians & Brothers, furniture manufacturers, in West ssd street. hoped the attack would wear on, but as it didn't, I consulted a we'll known and able phy sician in Morrisania who gave me quinine and told me what to do. I can sum up the first four and a half or i've years of my expe- rience in a few words. Occasionally was laid up for day or two, but on the whole stuck to my work. I kept taking quinine, in larger doses from year to year, and kept on getting weaker and worse, slowly but surely, all the time My trouble was now we'll de- fined, and it's symptoms were steady and reg ular. had dumb ague in it's worst form, and it was grinding me down in spite of all that I could do or the doctors could do It held me in grip like Jire in q burning coal mine The poison had gone all through and over me, and nothing was able to touch it. was fast los. ing flesh and strength, and about March, 1884, knocked oG work entirely and went home to be down sick, and die for all I could tell. ran down so rapidly that soon became unable to walk any distance. Later I went from room to room in my own house only by friends holding me up by each arm. The doses of qui. nine were increased until often took thirty grains at dose. The effects of this tremen. dous stimulation was to make me nearly wild. It broke my sleep all up, and I often walked the floor, or staggered about it, all night long, scarcely able to bear any noises or even hu. man speech. My temper was extremely irri. table. As to food, one of my little children would eat more in meal than could in a day. would order food and then turn from it in disgust. I lived on quinine and other stimulants and o'a myseV, like a bear in win. ter The quinine set my head in whirl, and the liquor-given as a medicine-made my stomach so sick could not tolerate it.
 From 175 pounds (my proper welght) I ran down to 97 pounds-the weight of light girl -and was scarcely better than skeleton.
 Y anybody had taken q hatchet and Knocked me do,n and killed me should hate been bet ter oD.
 During the latter part of this period, early in 1886, my physician said: Miller, there's no use in my taking any more money of you. can't do you any good. might pour pounds of quinine down your throat, and it wouldn't help you.''
 On the strength of this I gave up the use of quinine altogether, and made up my mind to do nothing more and take my chances.
 Three weeks afterwards-about the last of May-my wife saw an advertisement of Kas- kine in New York paper. She told me of 1t. said "Stuff and nonsense! it can't do me any good" But she went to a druggists, nevertheless, to get it. The druggist advised her against Kaskine: he said it was nothing but sugar; that she ought not to throw away it, but could get it if she insisted on having it. Turning away in disgust, my wife spoke to our neighbor, Mir. A. G. Hegewald, who got her a bottle at drug store in Sixth avenue.
 Almost against my will, and without the least faith, began taking it. In one week was better. I began to sleep. I stopped "seeing ghosts" I began to have an appetite and to gain strength. This was now the first of June, lsss and by the end of that monthI was back at my bench at c. P. Smiths scroll saving factory in 18th street, where work now.
 Since then l have never lost a day from slck. ness. Taking Kaskine only, about forty pei. lets in four equal doses a day, continued to gain. The malaria appeared to be killed in my system, and now I've got back my old weight-l75 pounds-and my old strength to labor. am an astonishment to myself and to my friends, and If Kaskine did not do this, I don't know what did. The only greater thing it could do would be to bring dead man to life. FREDERICK A. MILLER
 $50 East l57th street, New York
 P.S.-For the absolute truth of the above refer to the following gentlemen. who are personally acquainted with the facts: Mir. Alexander Weir, 6s6 l5eth St.; Mir. George l5eth street and Courtlandt avenue; MT. A. Moebus, l54th street and Courtlandt avenue; MT. P. F. vaupel, 1s4th street and avenue; MT. John Lunny, so East l56th street; MT. John Renshaw, IA 18th street, and many others. I will also reply to